My life is better for having watched that video, simply because they said Pandageddon and did not immediately descend into a giggle fit.

Well, now I know if things start looking dicey on Dec 23, I can just take a nap, miss all the fireworks, and wake up in the shiny, new 13th baktun.

Oh, that happened up where I live....

I believe Sunshine Star's point in that last paragraph is that we have definitely lost some of our medical and historical knowledge since the days that men took over healthcare (specifically reproductive healthcare) from midwives. Women have used abortificants and contraceptives for as long, if not longer than, humans…

They symbolism in the music video seals the deal on Gotye knowingly writing it as a crap email. He's literally painting this story of how the relationship was this fractured, toxic mess for the both of them and then Kimbra comes along, sings her part, and extricates herself from the painting, basically saying, "Yo,…

I dunno actually. Lately I've cut out cokes from my daily diet and drink tons of tea and water instead, but I take naps super rarely because of my the years of feeling like crap afterwards. I might have to try it out now that I'm better hydrated on a daily basis.... but I'd feel a bit sorry for my husband if he has to…

It most definitely is.

For some unknown reason, when I wake up from 99% of my naps I feel hungover as all get out. Headachy and nauseous and just plain pukey. The only solution: a coke and something greasy. However when I am actually hungover I usually go for a bowl of lazy fried rice (rice, scrambled eggs, some butter, and a couple dashes…

But pullups don't measure your ability to climb over four walls in a row, go down a stairwell without stairs (I am curious how one does that though, like is it a slip n slide or repelling?), and then have the steam to get up into the truck. Certainly being able to do 20 pullups probably correlates very well with…

My only real contribution to this thread is that finding this song led me to finding Kimbra which led to me falling in love with two of her singles: Cameo Lover and Settle Down, both of which are kinda awesome in the feministy sense.

But what do pullups have to do with combat? I think part of the 'establish a gender-neutral approach to testing' is that they're re-examining just what it is they test and how that correlates to actual strength needs of ground troops and if the way they are testing that is somehow biased against women.

There is no biological urge to protect women more than men. That's a socially ingrained response that stems from the whole sexist notion of women being the weaker, fairer, more moral, motherly, nurturing (and so on) sex. There is, however, a biological impulse to stop the suffering of other human, regardless of what…

The jean sizing really seems to depend on the cut. Their Taylor cut fits me perfectly at two sizes smaller than I normally wear, where as another cut fits me perfectly as my normal size. Thankfully their online return policy/process is really easy.

My immediate thought was Texas. Not because of her accent but because of her clothing/makeup/hair style and the line dancing, everything about it reminded me of West Texas.

I'm going to go ahead and shill for my favorite brand right quick: maurices. It's an awesome brand for twenty somethings and has sizes from 0 to 26. The stores themselves seem to be more prominent in the south, but the online store (maurices.com) is amazing too.

If it makes you feel any better, that leash is most likely connected to a stop gag safety mechanism on the treadmill in case the pup trips, falls, or can't keep up. The leash would pull the stop mechanism and bring the treadmill to a halt.

I feel compelled to share this now.

It's one of a few military academy colleges left in the US that are not explicitly run by the U.S. military. Think of it like one giant collegiate level ROTC. They don't explicitly support political ideologies (like some religious colleges do), but they do tend to run very conservative. The Citadel in particular is…

Missionary because I hate the way my large ass boobs bounce around in doggy style. That shit hurts and I'm not overly fond of the anlge of penetration.

The math team in my hometown was fairly gender equal, and a far, far more relaxed and accepting atmosphere. Whenever we got a new member on the team we would all try to help them train and make friends with them. That bowl team though.... *shudder*